The release of Darken the Stars is almost here!! In honor of the occasion, I'm giving away prizes to lucky readers!

1st Prize - 1 $50 Amazon Gift Card

2nd Prize - 1 Signed Set of the Kricket Series Books (Under Different Stars, Sea of Stars, & Darken the Stars)

3rd Prize - 1 Signed Darken the Stars Paperback

4th Prize - 1 Signed Darken the Stars Paperback

5th Prize - 1 Signed Darken the Stars Paperback

To enter the drawing, please use the Rafflecopter contest widget below! Good luck!

Cover Design: Regina Wamba/ Mae I Design
Editor: Jason Kirk/ 47North

Description:

Kyon Ensin finally has what he’s always wanted: possession of Kricket Hollowell, the priestess who foresees the future. Together, their combined power will be unrivaled. Kricket, however, doesn’t crave the crown of Ethar—she has an unbreakable desire to live life on her own terms, a life that she desperately wants to share with her love, Trey Allairis.As conspiracies rage in the war for Ethar, Kricket’s so-called allies want to use her as a spy. Even those held closest cannot be trusted—including Astrid, her sister, and Giffen, a member of a mysterious order with a hidden agenda. But Kricket’s resolve will not allow her to be used as anyone’s pawn, even as the Brotherhood sharpens its plans to cut out her heart.As the destiny prophesied by her mother approaches, Kricket will backtrack through her fiery future to reshape it. For she knows one thing above all else: the only person she can truly count on is herself.

If you'd like a sneak peek, I've included a teaser below from Darken the Stars.
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Excerpt:

Flinching away from the scalding heat, I wrap my arms around Kyon’s nape and turn my trembling lips against his neck trying to find shelter from the hot water. The inky, round circles that mark his throat stare back at me. Kyon holds me tighter to him, murmuring unintelligible words to me in a low voice. Steam rises around us, and for several moments, neither of us moves. The only sound from me is the chattering of my teeth.Slowly, I warm and relax against Kyon. Water slithers over me in a pelting rhythm.“Why did you come back?” Kyon asks. His lips are near mine. “When you sent yourself into the future, I waited, but then your heart stopped and I knew—you weren’t coming back. I tried to keep you alive anyway, but I didn’t really think you’d return — ” his tone is thoughtful “ — I know how stubborn you are.”My eyes drift to his. He’s watching my mouth. The water tastes of a thousand tears on my lips when I speak. “The better question is: Why would you work so hard to bring me back? I’ll kill you before I let you control me. You should’ve just let me go.”He laughs low. “You’ve already tried to kill me. It didn’t work.”“So why bring me back?”“I look at you and I see the loneliest girl in the world.”My chin ticks up. “I have a stone heart, Kyon. Nothing touches it.” It’s a lie that I need to make true again.He watches me for a moment. I somehow feel like he knows all there is to know about me. “Maybe it’s your tragic innocence that made me keep you alive. Maybe I want to see it die screaming my name.” He leans his lips closer to mine. My hand grasps his wet hair. I tug on it with enough pressure to get his attention. His eyes shift from my mouth to my eyes.“You have to earn me.”

Thank you so much for the giveaway Amy. I'm the hugest fan and am excited for all the releases this year. My birthday is this month (the 24th) and this would be the most wonderful present. ;) No pressure or anything!

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April Gibson

9/2/2015 07:20:13

Is this where you enter the contest Amy? I am so confused lol

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Amy A. Bartol

9/2/2015 07:24:50

Yes. There is a Rafflecopter widget on the page, but sometimes it doesn't show up if you're on devices other than a computer. You may have to check in that way if you're having trouble with the widget.

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Leanne

9/5/2015 13:12:39

Re-read your books in two days as i impatiently await the next one, its almost upon us :)

Will there be another book in the kricket series? Please tell me there is!!!

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Kay

9/9/2015 01:23:45

I preordered Darken the stars a while back and read it as soon as I got it today. I love the series and am eger to know if it will continue or are we to assume that Kricket will live a new "sorority life" and be happy? Look forward from hearing your reply.

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Shambhavi

9/9/2015 01:51:56

Amy i just finished the kricket triology.... it cant end like this. I was so in love with Trey... pls. Tell me its all a cliffhanger for a new installment please

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Samira

9/9/2015 01:59:31

Will there be a book 4 in the Kricket series?? I hope so!!!

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redfiekd

9/9/2015 17:30:01

Please tell me there is another book after this!!!!

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MJ

9/10/2015 03:44:44

Hi, I guess I am asking the same question.... I (am sure many people too) would love to know what happens to Kricket and Trey on Earth... Will you write book 4 ?

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Jodie

9/10/2015 22:54:08

Great series 😄😄 read book 3 in a day! I couldn't put it down. Hoping for book number 4!! With Kyon & Trey 😱😄

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Carina

9/11/2015 03:21:04

Will book 4 be coming out next year? (: loved book 3 :D

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T Phillips

9/11/2015 04:19:05

Loved the series but feel more to the story please make a 4th book. Never cry at books I read but sobbed at the end xx

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tracy

9/11/2015 19:40:15

Will you be making a book 4? I like the ending in book 3 but it seems unfinished, well I hope it's not. It was very powerful and made me really feel for Krickets character. The books are chipping and changing so it's not a predictable story and that's the best part. But I would love to see a happy'er ending for Kricket and phlix because on earth they won't age as fast as humans and they I want her to get back with her one true love 😁. Keep up the amazing work.

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Ethel

9/12/2015 20:36:07

From about the middle of the book I realized this can't be the last book in the series! There is so much story yet to unfold, so many characters to develop further, and the end only confirmed my suspicion. There is no way this story will end like that, there's enough room for at least one more book, if not more ;)

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Samantha

9/13/2015 18:49:51

Wayra says it the best, "your breaking my freaking heart." with all that Kricket has endured i really hope we get to read more of her story. I believe she is a different woman than what her mother saw her to be and the ending of this book just sets it up for book 4 it has to.. I need more of her fighter heart in my life!! Amy you stories are a beautiful, emotional rollercoaster and I am a fan for life, thank you.

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kara

9/13/2015 20:11:09

Please tell me there will be a book 4. Dying to know how it all ends up for Kricket and Trey!

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Canary

9/15/2015 15:11:36

I was actually angry when I finished Darken the Stars, because it left so many loose threads. I had thought that the series was intended to be a trilogy, but now I am sincerely hoping that there is to be a fourth book.

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Lyndsi

9/15/2015 18:24:07

Please!! I have to know there will be a book four!!!

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Lisa

9/16/2015 00:47:36

I love the Kricket Series. This series is one that I have shared with my friends and family. I hope you won't call book three the end of this series. These characters are incredible and so complex that there is so much more to them that it would be a shame to end it now. Kyon has to find Kricket as promised. Trey and Kricket deserve their happy ending as well. Whom will she choose? This can't be the end...

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Hanh

9/20/2015 21:09:22

I spent my entire weekend re-reading all the 3 books and found myself falling for Kyon, which was something I wasn't expecting. Please tell us they will be a book 4 and please let it be soon! I'm so sad just thinking about all the possibilities of where the this story will go. I've been an avid reader for quite some time now, but this is my FAVORITE series. Amy, please don't break our hearts. #TeamKyon

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bianca

9/21/2015 13:28:45

I also spent a whole weekend reading the three Kricket books. They broke my heart. I bawled at the end, like a baby and went into book shock. Couldn't even contemplate starting anything else.
But then I read back over some of the things that were said, and I think there has to be a forth book. Kyon promised Kricket-- “You can run from your love for me, but know this: I will hunt you anywhere."
Please Amy? We need to know if Kyon kept his promise, and what happens to all the other characters.

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Nicole

9/24/2015 20:47:31

One more book! Please?! Though I loved Trey I am #TeamKyon for sure. I need more of their story.

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Amanda

9/26/2015 22:13:11

IS THERE GOING TO BE A BOOK 4!!! I am obsessed!

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Sofie

9/28/2015 07:08:47

Please please please tell me there is a book 4

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Ashley

10/1/2015 18:47:55

Loved this series but it just CANT end like this. I need to know what happens to Kyon! If Kricket ends up with either of her loves!

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Grace

10/2/2015 19:58:53

Please there has to be a fourth book I beg of you with I am sure everyone who reads this series. I need closure I mean ahhhhhhhhhh I literally sat there and cried my eyes out. There are so many questions I need answers to like how did giffen fit in as her protector and I totally wanted her to look her father in the eye and punch him cause what he did was wrong... please we beg please say you plan on a fourth book or at least answers. Also a quick not to say all your writing is amazing #teambrennus for the premonition series I always seem to fall for the bad guys 😊 thank you! P.S. is the flattering working!😉😝🙏😘

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Teia

10/11/2015 15:34:13

I just finished Darken the Stars and I feel like I've been through an emotional wringer. Only two other books have left me with tears and a broken heart in the end. It absolutely seems like this could be the end of Kricket's story but that can't be! Like so many others before me, my burning question is, will there be a book 4? I LOVE the Preminition series and I LOVE Kricket but I'm so angry with how this story ended...

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Natalie

10/11/2015 22:23:07

I've obsessed over the Kricket trilogy all weekend and have no idea what I'll do to kill time while waiting for the next book to be released. Embarrassed to say, my co-worker (who I forced to read the book) had the biggest argument over whom was deserving of Kricket. Of course I'm Team Kyon and she's all about Trey. For your writing to bring out such passion for these characters out of your readers is just amazing. I'm spreading the word about this awesome series. Please just do your loyal fans a favor by ending the story with another amazing book. Kyon deserves to have his love and Trey needs closure. LOL. I swear I've been coming up with all different scenarios of what may or will happen in my mind. Love you AMY!!!!

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Kate

10/12/2015 12:43:58

Will this series continue?

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David C.

10/14/2015 02:57:16

This series is too good to end. It's such a great story.

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Ashley

10/31/2015 09:34:43

Please please please don't end the series like this! Please let there be a book 4!

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Y. Lee

11/7/2015 17:49:12

Just finished the series and really enjoyed it. Hope this isn't the end...

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Jess Scott

12/14/2015 23:55:01

I'm so I in love with all of these characters! You leave me bear now!! This is not the end I invisioned, please, please tell me there will be a firsthand where love prevails!! Please!!!!!💘💘💘

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Amber

1/6/2016 12:48:07

I just read all three books in two days. They were great. I'm not sure how I feel about Kyron. He was so evil in the first two books...It feels like Kricket came down with Stockholm syndrome. I am looking forward 4 so we can find out who she really loves. There were too many hints and unanswered questions that a fourth book must be coming...who does she love (I think Trey because he lets her make her own choices like she wants)? Why all the hints about Griffin being cute from Philix? They must meet and flirt or battle in the next book. Kyron still lives and she left him without a goodbye. He will be angry. She never really met Pan or let him feel her wrath or get questions answered. That feels unresolved. She also never really got to know Astrid, nor did the readers so I think the character will develop more in the next book. As you can tell...can't wait until the fourth! #teamtrey

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Bree

1/12/2016 01:16:29

I amoung many others as evidence by the comments above have fallen in love with this story. I read all three books in a matter of days. I haven't been able to even start another book in a week after finishing this series. I keep trying to play it out in my mind and answer all the questions! I can't quit talking about it to anyone who will listen to me. You have done an amazing job with these characters and creating a different world and socieities. I would love to see this series exoand further. I have so many questions!! I am hooked and throughly enjoyed this trilogy!

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Amy

1/13/2016 00:16:18

What's the plan for the 4th book? Anyone know? This better not be an actual ending.

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Brandi

1/21/2016 16:00:00

I couldn't put these books down! I read all 3 books in just a few days. Two nights in a row I stayed up into the wee hours of the night, way past my bedtime, consumed by the story. A few more pages I kept telling myself, just a few more. I just finished the 3rd book and immediately came online to purchase the 4th book. I am so heartbroken!

Please, please, please don't let this be the end! I know I am not alone when I say, I am holding on to the thread of hope that you left the story open-ended so you could continue the story one day.

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Ethel

1/29/2016 16:13:31

There has to be a book#4. In the first book I hated Kyon, and now I can't believe I want more of him. I'd love to see how it all plays out on earth👍

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Dona

1/29/2016 22:52:59

Please tell me the series is not complete. We can't leave Kricket alone
And your readers without closure.

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Dani

2/2/2016 14:57:34

LOVE LOVE LOVE ....please don't let this be the end!!! <3 I hope there is a book 4

PS I've read all your books!! Loved them ALL!!

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Lahiruka

9/15/2016 01:51:06

I'm a such a big fan. Please tell me there's going to to be a 4th book ??? Love the ending on the 3rd book, but it can't be the last book. Need more.

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Jennifer Reese

11/1/2016 18:05:02

When will book 4 coming out????? I'm dying here!

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SS

12/8/2016 02:52:09

Amy - I'm in love with your writing and these books. Krickets story can't end here. My heart needs there to be another book! Please tell us you're coming out with a fourth so I can preorder. You did an incredible job with this series, I can't tell you how riveted I was. Thank you and again, please release information about whether or not there will be a new release.

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Sharon

12/16/2016 14:26:41

I love all three books I don't understand why you're not answering us about a book #4 especially after so much disappointment and negative reviews for the ending of book 3. I find it hard to believe you would believe you would leave the a award winning series like that. Please let us know if you're working on a book #4 love the series. I love Kricket with Kyon too. Powerful connection and love story there.❤

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Lisa

12/22/2016 09:03:28

Please give us a book 4! I need more Kyon! lol :D

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Kate

12/28/2016 22:54:38

Please tell me there is a fourth book! I read these obsessively in a weekend and now I'm sad the story stops. Team Kyon for sure which I never thought would happen! Great storytelling!

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Rockin Robin

1/10/2017 21:37:23

I feel as if am left hanging on an edge. I can think of so many ways the story continues. But I'm not satisfied with my own imagination of what could come from a 4th book. Amy Bartol I am with the others, I want a 4th book involving Trey searching for Kricket "under new stars" or "beneath the moon and stars" (my ideas for title 4).

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Jeanine

1/21/2017 15:07:27

Wow, this series took over my life for the last couple of weeks! The characters are so alive and engaging- I miss each one of them! I'd love to know if there are more books on the way for this series. While a tone was definitely set for Kricket striking out on her own, there seems far too much that has not been resolved. Please please tell me there is more to come!

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Carmen

1/22/2017 13:21:18

Please please write book 4 of the kricket series! ! I think it should be kyon vs giffen. Trey had his chance and blew it!

I'm totally team a Giffen love affair! I see him more as a sibling to Kyon, no evidence though just wishful thinking. Also a Kyon Kricket daughter would kind of be nice but complicated if they jump a few years in the future. Let Kricket go to college. Let her live a little bit of a human love from with her priestess bff. I finished the series February 2nd, 2017 and I've already reread all the books twice and the 3rd book (my favorite) more than twice. The series haunts your imagination. Book 4 has to happen, this will be the one instance where I choose to be optimistic.

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Mary Miracle

2/7/2017 14:30:09

Okay, I've been waiting for over a year now and keep popping in to see where you are on book 4. Just a gentle prod here, but please finish Kricket before getting us into another series! I love this world you created and am shocked it hasn't been picked up for the futuristic tech that you've portrayed! Kinda fed my trekky side and my medieval fetish. Book 4 please! Started loving Trey, Kyron won my heart, but I'm interested in Giffen since he's been a constant in her life!

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Teal

2/28/2017 23:02:02

First, I want to say that you are by far one of my favorite authors. You're brilliant with vocabulary and structure- let alone the power you have with storyline. I was blown away with this series and read each book within 5 hours. (This is no exaggeration.) Shelly Crane (Significant series) is how I came to find you, and I'm so very glad I did. Amazing work. I believe that a good author can tell a story...but a brilliant writer can touch you emotionally and project their character's emotions so that their readers feel it too. You did this. (Not ashamed to say that I quite possibly went through the stages of grief when finishing the last page of book 3).
Lastly, if book 3 was truly the end, I can say in all honestly that I believe it ended close to perfect. Of course I would have loved to see more resolve...(Team Kyon all the way- fyi) but that's not "Kricket's way". Nothing ends perfect or is easy for her and you ended it in such a way to give the readers imagination to play it out how they see fit and ended it while staying true to your character. Of course I will be wishing for another book in this series, Whether that means continued in Kricket's perspective, or Kyon's, or Trey's past, Astrid's perspective during her sister's arrival to Ethar, something in the future, etc.... but if this was your decision of how it ended, I think it was well thought out and complete in a way to keep all your readers happy and rereading your series over and over again. (I have.)
Amy, thank you for creating such a wonderful world and lasting characters for us to enjoy ❤️

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Brittany

3/13/2017 04:16:44

I ran into these books couldn't put my phone down until I finished them all. I love everything about these books; cried, laughed u name it. I hope u write the fourth one soon. As you can see your fans aren't going to let this go. We believe in the story you have created, it's place for me to escape. :) thank you for making kricket.

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Brenda

3/14/2017 22:09:40

I'm obsessed with this story! I finished all three books in one weekend...spent a day in mourning, then promptly re-read them all. A big part of me craves the closure the 4th book would bring while I think a larger part of me is terrified that book 4 would ruin everything. I can't help but think of "Gone with the Wind." The ending was tragic & there's beauty in that. After Mitchell's death, someone else came along and wrote "Scarlett" slapping a happy ending to the story that just didn't sit well. That said, here I am searching the web looking for news about book 4 because, like I said, I'm completely obsessed!!! P.S. If this makes it to the big screen I need Chris Hemsworth cast as Kyon please and thank you!

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Hanh

3/27/2017 17:00:10

I (like many others-I'm sure) check back on your site routinely to see if there's any updates from you on the possibility of book 4. It's been over a year and no matter how much books I've read since; I still go back to this series. Please don't break our hearts like this. Give us some closure. And hopefully it will be with KYON!!! LOL #TeamKyon

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Kira

7/19/2017 23:45:36

I am hoping for a fourth book to tie up all these loose ends.....please tell me there will be one??!!

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Rox y

10/16/2017 14:54:27

I love it!! Of course I would love a 4th and on the big screen. Even if I liked the story part with Kyon, I am Treyteam!!